OPERATORS · RRC 448398 · P-5 STATUS Y
K-B Expl Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorK-B Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 22, 1986.
The RRC wellbore file lists 5 wells under its operatorship.
57 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 7, 2003.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 5 of record
- 2
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 40%
- spud rate · 23 of 57 mature permits
- 30
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–45
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 33
- expired undrilled
- 8
- permits a year over 7 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado county → | — | 15 | 0 | Jan 22, 1986 |
| Wharton county → | — | 10 | 4 | Aug 21, 1985 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 9 | 0 | Jan 21, 1982 |
| Bee county → | — | 7 | 0 | Oct 9, 1981 |
| Chambers county → | — | 4 | 0 | Nov 12, 1980 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 4 | 1 | Nov 12, 1980 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 25, 1981 |
| Jasper county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 15, 1979 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 23, 1981 |
| Anderson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 1, 1979 |
| Trinity county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 12, 1980 |
All 57 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 184
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 5
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 5
- plugged
How it got them
- 5
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 8
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fields
RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish Camp N. (3268)84885500 | 1 | 0 |
| Spanish Camp N. (4250)84885750 | 1 | 0 |
| Spanish Camp N. (Peikert a UP84885300 | 1 | 0 |
| Spanish Camp W. (3950 Frio)84890300 | 1 | 0 |
| Torian90770100 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 7, 2003
- Address
- 1800 Augusta Dr # 212
- Houston, TX 77057
- Officers and agents
- Brock, William E. · President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 295967 | Jan 22, 1986 | Jan 22, 1986 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. #9 | 11,200 | 08931648 |
| 282955 | Aug 21, 1985 | Aug 21, 1985 | K-B Exploration Co. | Wharton | Lanier Forgason et AL #3 | 4,500 | 48132899 |
| 280237 | Jul 16, 1985 | Jul 16, 1985 | K-B Exploration Co. | Wharton | Peikert, Allen #5 | 4,000 | 48132882 |
| 277740 | Jun 14, 1985 | Jun 14, 1985 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. #8 | 10,800 | 08931600 |
| 260443 | Dec 10, 1984 | Dec 10, 1984 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. et AL #7 | 5,000 | 08931546 |
| 215881 | Sep 30, 1983 | Sep 30, 1983 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. Estate et AL #6 | 1,600 | 08931419 |
| 187180 | Mar 1, 1983 | Mar 1, 1983 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. Estate et AL #5 | 10,000 | 08931377 |
| 174269 | Oct 12, 1982 | Oct 12, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W. W. Estate et AL #4 | 5,250 | 08931309 |
| 173024 | Sep 28, 1982 | Sep 28, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Wharton | Peikert, Allen #5 | 4,500 | 48132882 |
| 166096 | Jul 13, 1982 | Jul 13, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Wharton | Forgason, Lanier et AL #2 | 5,451 | 48132365 |
| 163587 | Jun 14, 1982 | Jun 14, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Wharton | Forgason, Lanier et AL #1 | 3,600 | 48132352 |
| 163586 | Jun 11, 1982 | Jun 11, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W.W. Estate et AL #4 | 10,700 | 08931309 |
| 163586 | Jun 11, 1982 | Jun 11, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W.W. Estate et AL #4 | 5,250 | 08931309 |
| 163555 | Jun 11, 1982 | Jun 11, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Miller, George J. Estate #2 | 10,000 | 08931308 |
| 146312 | Feb 14, 1982 | Feb 14, 1982 | K-B Exploration Co. | Colorado | Fondren, W.W. Estate et AL #3 | 10,500 | 08931284 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/448398, documented in the API reference.